Tank looks very Metisse, but a Metisse would not have chain adjusters at the ends of the swinging arm, as is the case here.

Likely a Dunstall product.

I reckon Quarter Bridge during a Manx GP practice (no side numbers!)

Good point, but front number discs suggest a 500. Quarter Bridge sounds good. From the angle of the pipes, a BSA twin isn't out of the equation. How will we know ?

Looks like a Norton clutch and obviously not unit-construction. I'm going for Sulby Bridge and a 500 Domiracer (because if it is a Dunstall Lowboy frame, I think it's less likely to be a Triumph lump).

C'mon Dusker - put us out of our misery !

Hi,
i do know what bike this is but is interesting to notice that it still has an old Dunlop triangular on the rear which still seems to have good tread on it, i also notice that the exhaust looks new which to me means this has stood rotting some where for a good few years and maybe the thinking was put a new exhaust on see if we can get it going. This bike has quite a history in the Uk although it now resides in south africa.
cheers
Peter

Hello again, I never thought the picture would get as much response, would a picture of the other side of the bike help?

Errrrrrrrrr not much more I suppose you think it's funny

A few thoughts on it. It looks like it has a Velocette front frame tube and also pushrod Velo crankcases. DOHC outside flywheel Velo based 250cc (assuming) special. Famous velo based 250cc racers I know are Benny Rood's, and Jannie Stander's. Oil tank also looks like its under the engine/frame ala the Parvel.

Say Dusker - what's going on by the front downtubes? Is that a breather pipe and some emergency tools taped to the frame tube - or a plated (not painted) downtube? Spill the beans!

After thinking about it a bit more I will guess the Jannie Stander Velocette.

I say Wilfred . I'm guessing it's 1970 and a Norton ;) !

Hello, it`s good but it`s not right

AJS?

I give up then :\ . (My source says you were entered on a Norton!).

Well done Joe, it is the Stander Velocette known locally as "Boksnot". Here's a more complete pic of the bike

JoePotts and others may also be interested in this McIntyre replica also pictured at the weekend.

Hello again, the question was a bit unfair as the bike was only used once in the I.O.M. The newspaper cutting is not quite accurate but serves a purpose. It was in fact a double overhead camshaft 500cc engine. The bevel drives ran up the pushrod tubes, as far as I can remember (getting on a bit now and brain fade setting in) the drives were of Manx Norton origin. It was very fast but unreliable as it kept on chewing up bevels. Anyway it`s been nice having a bit of fun.
All the best

Hi Dusker Thanks for the info. Very interesting it is to .I cannot remember the bike .
I could not agree more about the bit of fun , it's a pity more people don't share our thoughts
cheers phil

Looking at the picture I would not want to try that front brake, i am not to sure of the torque arm and as for the lever arms on the brake cable i think you would be lucky to stop, but it takes nothing away from seeing a great if some what tatty bike from the past.
i did say in a previous post that it had great history and the one factor i remember most was that the Velocette factory were so impresssed with the bike when Jannie raced it in the TT that they took it back to the factory to give a good look over and see what secrets would be revealed.
I hope the presents owners will restore it to its original condition and keep it preserved as it should be.

Peter

Hi again Dusker. You had us going there ! A very interesting story that kept us well entertained. Any more of the same? (By the way, was it Sulby Bridge?).

If memory serves, didn't I see you with a rather tasty Maxton-framed Rotweiller (what we on the forum call a TZ750!) years ago at Pembrey? Any tales to share about that bike? (If so, may be more appropriate on the '69 - '90 thread I'm thinking?).

Barry.

It certainly is a good looking motorcycle not a spec of oil any where. i would say it never looked this good even when it was new or maybe this is new as it is a replica.
anyone got any info as to who built it.
It is a real credit to its owner i hope he enjoyed riding the bike at Zwartkops.
peter

Hello again Henry,

I remember seeing an AJS like the one you posted, I think it was in the 60`s in GB. Great idea to have the engine and gearbox drop out of the bottom for maintenance, and the eccentric rear chain adjustment on the frame end of the swinging arm.

Hello again, knickerbrook, you got the rider right.
I thought larryd, got the place and race right. Quarter Bridge during a Manx GP practice about 1967, but I now have doubts, you could be right, it could be Sulby.
Tom

Not Sulby Bridge - by the time you're on the bridge you're upright and straight, and there's no way you're that close to the right hand side of the road.

Stick with QB!

It's certainly immaculate but...... that megga looks strangely positioned; should'nt the pipe be inside the frame - as per AMC frames - closely fitted to the timing case which had a piece cut out for the purpose? I've not checked old pics so maybe that's wrong, but it dosent appear to be tucked in properly. Also, I wonder how functional that gear linkage is? Perhaps its paraded rather than raced, if so this would also account for the radically raised and, I think, horrible looking saddle. Is/was someone in Australia building these?

Mike Farrell, the Queensland engineer who did so much to facilitate Sheeney's return to racing in classic ranks, had one for a couple of seasons, but I'm pretty sure he bought the chassis from the USA. The bike's now owned by Ron Angel and ridden by ex-Kim Newcombe wrench Rod Tingate, a fine rider and fabricator in his own right. To my knowledge, McIntyre replicas aren't being built in Oz. Looks like a parader, it'd be of interest to know who IG is, as the G50 in the background appears to have Paddy Driver plates on.

As far as I am aware, IG is Ian Groat who runs the SA based Team In-complete. Ian and John Boswell have built a number of classic bikes. Here's a selection of their handywork.

13 is Pete Labuschagne on the Paddy Driver G50 (Paddy was injured and unable to ride at the weekend), JG is Jimmie Guthrie (son of the Jimmie Guthrie and a Manx GP winner in his own right), IG is Ian Groat and tucked in behind is EC (Errol Cowan) on a Ducati. All these are from the Team In-Complete stable.

Nice work, HS, query sorted. A likely looking bunch, as well....

Smashing pic David, Peter Labuschagne a well known name from UK racing in the 1970's.

Go to be up there in the unusual pics stakes? Very rare bike too.....

Blimey!! its a Ducati but... Good on him though!

Really? Must be one of those special, Aermacchi-replica, horizontal-cylinder Ducatis, then....

It's a Drixton Aermacchi and the rider is Swiss, I think - the name Alex Meyer comes to mind, but I'm not sure . . . . . . . . . .

Hillclimb photo, I believe

Mmmm......As you cross Sulby the wall and trees are closer to the pavement. Also, forty years ago on a 40-50 bhp trundler you didnt need to be much beyond the centre of the road as you lined up Ginger Hall ? I think it could well be Sulby Bridge.

It is a Drixton Aermacchi but the gutsy guy riding it is German Peter Mey, Misano, 1984. I wonder if he did clutchless changes both ways?

Yes that was the one!

This is well of topic (on the car threads they take a very dim view of this), but on the off chance that some of you are cricket fans - does anyone recall the name of the one armed Pakistani test cricketer from the 1980's? I've tried Google but nothing.....I didnt dream this did I ?

Imran Wanarme?

No Gra, that wasnt him....I suspect though that you have some further suggestions ?

Oh, go on, you know you want to.....

Hi Larry and Russ

You made a very good point about the line exiting Sulby Bridge Larry, so now I'm not so sure! Yet of all the shots there have been of Quarter Bridge, I cannot recall seeing one from that angle? (But I'm sure someone will now post one!).

Barry, I bow to your far greater knowledge on this....

Steady on Russ - I haven't been to the island since 1981 and many brain cells have been lost since then!

Say Dennis (or anyone), what do you reckon - Sulby Bridge, Quarter Bridge or somewhere else?

This pic has different Coping stones to the colour pic, (yes I am an expert on coping stones!) But not on Aermacchi/Ducati thingy's!!

The colour pic has a flint/cobbled wall the B/W is a stone wall.

Some telling evidence there Graham.... Could the guy on the special be exiting Bradden Bridge ?

Dont think its Braddan, I have just looked at some pics no large coping stone on the wall at Braddan.
Could it be on the exit of Governors Bridge, the last bend before start finish? there appear to be faces in the B/W pic?

Faces could be an optical illusion? :\

Exiting a right hander....ergo (best guess/es)

1 Union Mills
2 Glen Vine
3 Ballacraine

Waiting with baited breath to be shot down in flames.....

Golly gee, they didn´t half breed them ´ard in the day, did they.
Tank slappers? don´t mention the word.

I´ve got a feeling it could be entering Glencutchery Road, after the dip, after Govenors, before the start/finish ;)